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. >>> coming up, elijah cummings. and whatever happened to clint eastwood's chair? the hunt to track down the famous furniture. >> and you would i know is that about two minutes into clint eastwood's speech when i realizedwould i know is that about two minutes into clint eastwood's speech when i realized that he was talking to the chair and teleprompters were off, i told hey wimy wife let's that chair. >> i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. a day ahead of john brennan's confirmation hearing to head the cia, the obama administration's drone program is drawing new scrutiny from both sides of the aisle and raising big questions about just how far the government should go in targeted assassinations without oversight from congress or from the courts. joining me now for our daily fix, msnbc contributor and "usa today" washington bureau chief. chris, first to you, i don't think there is any big question so far as to whether or not john brennan is going to be confirmed at least going into the hearing, but this is a real debate now. because of michael isikoff breaking th
. >>> coming up, elijah cummings. and whatever happened to clint eastwood's chair? the hunt to track down the famous furniture. >> and you would i know is that about two minutes into clint eastwood's speech when i realizedwould i know is that about two minutes into clint eastwood's speech when i realized that he was talking to the chair and teleprompters were off, i told hey wimy wife let's that chair. >> i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. a day ahead of john brennan's...
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let's turn to congressman elijah cummings of maryland joining us. also tonight congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois and congressman keith ellison of illinois. >> good to be with you, ed. >> you bet. >> congressman cummings, gun violence is something that has touched you personally, that personal connection. tell the audience what it means to get something done on this issue. >> a year and a half ago, ed, my nephew, christopher cummings, an honor student at old dominion in norfolk, somebody tried to rob him at fife income the morning and burst into his apartment, and they -- he resisted the robbery, and they killed him. and, you know, ed, i can't even begin to tell you how painful this is. and i can imagine what the folks, the parents of sandy hook felt. because when i went there a few days later and saw brain tissue and blood, my blood all over the walls, i got to tell you, it leaves a -- it leaves a hole in your heart. and, ed, i can tell you, if we do not act now after these 20 beautiful children, our children, after they died the way they did
let's turn to congressman elijah cummings of maryland joining us. also tonight congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois and congressman keith ellison of illinois. >> good to be with you, ed. >> you bet. >> congressman cummings, gun violence is something that has touched you personally, that personal connection. tell the audience what it means to get something done on this issue. >> a year and a half ago, ed, my nephew, christopher cummings, an honor student at old...
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democrats carolyn maloney and elijah cummings, and scott riggel, unveiling a bipartisan gun protection act. when is the last time bipartisan anything came out of the house? the act would do two things, crack down on straw purchasers, so people who can buy guns because they pass a background check, but then they give the guns to a person who can't pass a background check, it would make it illegal. it may surprise you but that is not against the law. so it would change that, the bipartisan would make gun trafficking a federal crime, making it punishable by up to 20 years in prison. now, that is it some right? straw purchases and making it a federal crime. these are not the world's most ambitious proposals? but the bipartisan supporting it? from the house, that is amazing, and on guns, it is amazing. not first yet an assault weapons ban, a mandating ban, something supported even by republican senators and by 92% of the public. but it is something and bipartisan and it is new. the beltway common wisdom that nothing could ever be done about guns for another day, we'll keep you posted. >>> d
democrats carolyn maloney and elijah cummings, and scott riggel, unveiling a bipartisan gun protection act. when is the last time bipartisan anything came out of the house? the act would do two things, crack down on straw purchasers, so people who can buy guns because they pass a background check, but then they give the guns to a person who can't pass a background check, it would make it illegal. it may surprise you but that is not against the law. so it would change that, the bipartisan would...
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tomorrow on the show, congressman elijah cummings talking about his new gun control legislation and mike rodgers back and follow the show online and twitter. buy your child a book. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. hi, tamron. >> hi, andrea. great to see you. in the next hour, we are following developing news. >> your economy right now is headed in the right direction. and it will stay that way as long as there aren't anymore self inflicted wounds out of washington. >> it is time for the president to offer his ideas about how to replace the sequester. >> the back and forth over those automatic spending cut that is are just three weeks away. nbc's first read team says the gop just wants to talk about the budget but the president does not want to get bogged down on one issue. >>> latest on justice department memo obtained by nbc news that makes the case for legal drone strikes against americans. >>> an i'll talk with democratic congressman adam schiff about the new proposal to make it easier to sue gun makers and gun dealers. wow, that's a lot of shrimp. [ male announcer
tomorrow on the show, congressman elijah cummings talking about his new gun control legislation and mike rodgers back and follow the show online and twitter. buy your child a book. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. hi, tamron. >> hi, andrea. great to see you. in the next hour, we are following developing news. >> your economy right now is headed in the right direction. and it will stay that way as long as there aren't anymore self inflicted wounds out of...
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congressman elijah cummings, thank you. >>> next, the best of office politics. what happens in the white house stays in the white house. not exactly but we get a unique inside look for you. and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and class-leading 38 mpg highway... advanced headlights... and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. now get a $199-per-month lease on the 2013 nissan altima. ♪ by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> in this week's office politics, the best ofs in our series. you'll hear from peter alexander. i began by asking chris matthews to explain the two parts of politics. >> there's two parts of politics. one is the predickment. that's what i write rules about. there seems to be politicians get in trouble for the same thing,
congressman elijah cummings, thank you. >>> next, the best of office politics. what happens in the white house stays in the white house. not exactly but we get a unique inside look for you. and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and class-leading 38 mpg highway... advanced headlights... and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites....
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(laughter) summa cum laude. >> you ran for president, but you're at fox now. put on your hard hat. (laughter) . >> sean: game on, juan. >> game on. >> sean: good to see you both. and coming up next. >> whose idea was the sequester? >> it was the white house, it was obama and jack lew. >> sean: obama's idea. former new york city mayor rudy guiliani weighs in on the flip-flop on sequestration and troubling and disconcerting three very jarring words used by a group of 15 senators in a word to the president discussing chuck hagel's lack of qualifications to be the defense secretary. newt gingrich is here and does he agree with those comments and also liz cheney and much more as "hannity" unfolds. they don't? [ male announcer ] nope, but alka seltzer plus severe sinus does it treats your worst sinus symptoms, plus that annoying cough. [ breathes deeply ] ♪ oh, what a relief it is! [ angry gibberish ] more "likes." more tweets. so, beginning today, my son brock and his whole team will be our new senior social media strategists. any questions? since we make radiator valves wouldn't it b
(laughter) summa cum laude. >> you ran for president, but you're at fox now. put on your hard hat. (laughter) . >> sean: game on, juan. >> game on. >> sean: good to see you both. and coming up next. >> whose idea was the sequester? >> it was the white house, it was obama and jack lew. >> sean: obama's idea. former new york city mayor rudy guiliani weighs in on the flip-flop on sequestration and troubling and disconcerting three very jarring words used...
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(laughter) summa cum laude. >> you ran for president, but you're at fox now. put on your hard hat. (laughter) . >> sean: game on, juan. >> game on. >> sean: good to see you both. and coming up next. >> whose idea was the sequester? >> it was the white house, it was obama and jack lew. >> sean: obama's idea. former new york city mayor rudy guiliani weighs in on the flip-flop on sequestration and troubling and disconcerting three very jarring words used by a group of 15 senators in a word to the president discussing chuck hagel's lack of qualifications to be the defense secretary. newt gingrich is here and does he agrgrgrgrgr this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, y will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can helpeduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. a
(laughter) summa cum laude. >> you ran for president, but you're at fox now. put on your hard hat. (laughter) . >> sean: game on, juan. >> game on. >> sean: good to see you both. and coming up next. >> whose idea was the sequester? >> it was the white house, it was obama and jack lew. >> sean: obama's idea. former new york city mayor rudy guiliani weighs in on the flip-flop on sequestration and troubling and disconcerting three very jarring words used...
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he's no slouch, he studied in america, summa cum laude . >> many people said it might be an opportunity to have an african as pope, and cardinal peter turksa of ghana. >> a few strikes against him, one he's already spoken about it to the press -- >> like the cia, forget it. >> he didn't say i want to be. he said basically, well, it would be a tough job but he didn't totally dismiss it. >> it's a no-no. >> it's a no-no to talk about it or pretend you want it. >> when they go into the sistine chapel and you said they lock the door and all the people who are outsiders get kicked out. they jam the equipment, right? like, if you did have your blackberry you and were a cardinal you couldn't send a tweet about how it's going. pl they build a false floor and have all kinds of jamming equipment underneath it both to keep the cardinals from communicating with the outside world and preventing media to eavesdrop about what was going on. >> we would never do that. monsignor i'm offended by the suggestion. we talked, too, about the politics around it. give me a sense of, like, if you are cardinal who
he's no slouch, he studied in america, summa cum laude . >> many people said it might be an opportunity to have an african as pope, and cardinal peter turksa of ghana. >> a few strikes against him, one he's already spoken about it to the press -- >> like the cia, forget it. >> he didn't say i want to be. he said basically, well, it would be a tough job but he didn't totally dismiss it. >> it's a no-no. >> it's a no-no to talk about it or pretend you want it....
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patrick meehan and scott rogell are co-response co-responsing the bill with carolyn maloney and elijah cummings. lawmakers say it would in no way hurt law abiding citizens and would not hinder second amendment rights. village voters could have a tougher time casting ballots next election thanks to a new measure, blocking certain forms of voter id. the state house and senate have just passed legislation disallowing several different types of id utility bills bank statements, government checks and social security cards. voters would be allowed to use a driver's license, student id and a gun permit. florida governor rick scott is pressing a $100 million reelection campaign for 2014 likely against former governor charlie crist. this would make for the most expensive reelection in state history. more bill press is up next. stay with us. [ music ] compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyo
patrick meehan and scott rogell are co-response co-responsing the bill with carolyn maloney and elijah cummings. lawmakers say it would in no way hurt law abiding citizens and would not hinder second amendment rights. village voters could have a tougher time casting ballots next election thanks to a new measure, blocking certain forms of voter id. the state house and senate have just passed legislation disallowing several different types of id utility bills bank statements, government checks...
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third thing, we've just come from a press conference this morning with congressman issa, congressman cummings, senator coburn and myself and -- that focused on what g.a.o., their high-risk ways for wasting money. it comes out today. every two years they give us this high-risk list how to save money, spend our tax dollars more efficiently. we've got all that working together, those three things -- entitlement reform, some additional revenues, and actuallactually look every nookd cranny of the federal government saying how do we get better results for less money. those things we can do together. my colleague and i worked on some things together and i want to work on those three things with you. and i think if we do, a lot of colleagues will work with us. mr. cornyn: will the senator yield for a question? the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. cornyn: madam president, i want to tell the distinguished senator from he will dell how much i appreciate him -- from delaware how much i appreciate him and his friendship and it's again win. genuine. i guess the thing that's so maddening -- madde
third thing, we've just come from a press conference this morning with congressman issa, congressman cummings, senator coburn and myself and -- that focused on what g.a.o., their high-risk ways for wasting money. it comes out today. every two years they give us this high-risk list how to save money, spend our tax dollars more efficiently. we've got all that working together, those three things -- entitlement reform, some additional revenues, and actuallactually look every nookd cranny of the...
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. >> elijah cummings? >> it was mark udall, the senator from colorado who started in 2011 this tradition of members of opposite parties sitting together. he'll be sitting with lisa murkowski. kerr sten gillibrand will be sitting with john mccain. joe manchin will be sitting with republican mark kirk. democratic senator mark begich of attorney general will sit with a republican congressman from his own state, don young. in illinois it will be a democratic and republican congress. sitting with republican rodney davis. in virginia they're doing the same thing. secretary john kerry now, in virginia it will be democratic senator tim kaine with randy forbes, president interacting there with members of the supreme court. ruth bader ginsburg, steven breyer. >> probably the most important vote for president obama was right there, the chief justice, who voted for the health care plan. >> that's right. toes are the president's two appointees to the supreme court there. this is sonia sotomayor, two of the unheralded b
. >> elijah cummings? >> it was mark udall, the senator from colorado who started in 2011 this tradition of members of opposite parties sitting together. he'll be sitting with lisa murkowski. kerr sten gillibrand will be sitting with john mccain. joe manchin will be sitting with republican mark kirk. democratic senator mark begich of attorney general will sit with a republican congressman from his own state, don young. in illinois it will be a democratic and republican congress....
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i'm denny cummings, chairman of the union league club authors' group, and what a thrill to have sergeant meyer here today. it's -- and to have all of you here today. we have a couple of tables from are our american legion post right here. you might just wave so everybody knows who you are. and very active american legion post, i should say. one other thing i want to mention is each of you have a card at your place that looks something like this. several years ago we began a program called support the troops just to see how it would go. it started in our library. we would have a speaker from the military typically, and the idea was to have those who are in attendance bring things that we could then send to the troops. so whether it was books or dvds or cds or even ipods, um, batteries, some of the things that they'd let us know that they needed, and we collected a few boxes and something for the troops. each year it's gotten bigger and bigger and bigger. and i think last year we sent over 300 boxes to the troops, and we collected a lot of money which, of course, if you come to the event a
i'm denny cummings, chairman of the union league club authors' group, and what a thrill to have sergeant meyer here today. it's -- and to have all of you here today. we have a couple of tables from are our american legion post right here. you might just wave so everybody knows who you are. and very active american legion post, i should say. one other thing i want to mention is each of you have a card at your place that looks something like this. several years ago we began a program called...